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2018 SESSION

HOUSE CALENDAR FOR January 12, 2018 ... pdf

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• Memorial Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table ... report | csv file
• Commending Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table ... report | csv file
• Bills Referred ... report | csv file
• Resolution Presented ... report | csv file

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Memorial Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table ... report | csv file

• HJ 9 Celebrating the life of Joseph C. Smiddy.
• HJ 10 Celebrating the life of Donald Williams, Sr.
• HJ 14 Celebrating the life of James Alexander Ransone, Jr.
• HJ 20 Celebrating the life of Ferris M. Belman, Sr.
• HJ 53 Celebrating the life of Leonard Anthony Schultz.
• HJ 61 Celebrating the life of Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby, USN.
• HJ 62 Celebrating the life of Sergeant Cameron H. Thomas, USA.
• HJ 65 Commemorating the life and legacy of Captain Andrew Maples, Jr., USA.
• HJ 67 Commemorating the life and legacy of Sergeant Clinton Greaves, USA, Ret.
• HJ 78 Celebrating the life of Specialist Douglas J. Green, USA.
• HJ 119 Celebrating the life of L. Stanley Willis.
• HR 2 Celebrating the life of Nathan Watts.
• HR 6 Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Hovis.
• HR 11 Celebrating the life of Willie Melvin Smith, Jr.
• HR 13 Celebrating the life of Sidney E. Sankey, Jr.

Commending Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table ... report | csv file

• HJ 18 Commending the Rotary Club of Chesapeake.
• HJ 22 Commending the Falls Church Kiwanis Little League.
• HJ 23 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act.
• HJ 36 Commending Galilee Baptist Church.
• HJ 43 Commending the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center.
• HJ 44 Commending the Shepherd's Center of Oakton-Vienna.
• HJ 45 Commending the Vienna Area National Organization for Women.
• HJ 50 Commending James Madison High School softball team.
• HJ 51 Vienna Chiropractic Associates; commemorating its 35th anniversary.
• HJ 52 Commending Mountain Kim Martial Arts.
• HJ 57 Commending Philip Alan Broadfoot.
• HJ 63 Commending the Madison County High School softball team.
• HJ 79 Commending the Langley High School volleyball team.
• HJ 121 Commending the Disability Navigator and Virginia Navigator.
• HR 3 Commending the Lord Botetourt High School volleyball team.
• HR 7 Commending the Western Branch High School baseball team.
• HR 8 Commending Emerson Puzey.
• HR 9 Commending Martina D. Campbell.
• HR 10 Commending the Virginia Gentlemen Foundation.
• HR 12 Commending the GFWC Junto Women's Club.
• HR 16 Commending the VA Showcase.

Bills Referred ... report | csv file

• HB 1 Scholastic records; prohibited access to directory information.
• HB 2 Teacher licensure; reciprocity, spouses of Armed Forces members.
• HB 3 Dual enrollment courses; quality, consistency, etc., of courses.
• HB 4 Case management system; public accessibility.
• HB 5 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, penalty.
• HB 6 Security freezes; elimination of fees.
• HB 7 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use.
• HB 8 Public procurement; agreements with labor organizations.
• HB 9 Safety restraints; all occupants of motor vehicles required to utilize.
• HB 10 Hate crimes; criminal acts against persons because of gender, etc.
• HB 11 Tuition, in-state; domicile, individuals currently granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
• HB 12 Temporary driver's licenses, permits, etc.; DMV authorized to issue to certain aliens.
• HB 13 Instructional positions; students identified as having limited English proficiency.
• HB 14 Dogs or cats; public animal shelters required to notify intent to euthanize.
• HB 15 Student discipline, alternative; assault and battery without bodily injury.
• HB 16 Motor vehicle and fire insurance; use of credit information.
• HB 17 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
• HB 18 Transient occupancy tax; removes sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose.
• HB 19 Tuition, in-state; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency, etc.
• HB 20 Fair Repair Act; access to diagnostics, tools, services documentation, and firmware, penalties.
• HB 21 Reproductive health services; health benefit plans to cover costs of certain services.
• HB 22 Water and sewer connections; mandatory in Powhatan County.
• HB 23 Red Tape Reduction Commission; created, review of regulatory requirements, report.
• HB 24 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for menstrual supplies.
• HB 25 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for menstrual supplies.
• HB 26 Pawnbrokers; allowable late fees.
• HB 27 Vehicle inspection sticker; location on vehicle.
• HB 28 Voter registration list maintenance; due date of annual report.
• HB 31 Profane swearing or cursing in public; eliminates crime.
• HB 32 Hate crimes; reporting to State Police.
• HB 33 Electric utility regulation; approval of generating facilities.
• HB 34 Railroads; freight train crew requirements, civil penalty.
• HB 35 Juveniles; places of confinement.
• HB 36 School calendar; opening day of school year.
• HB 37 Wages; cause of action against an employer for nonpayment.
• HB 38 School calendar; opening day of school year.
• HB 39 Minimum wage, local alternative; establishes procedure by which wage may be imposed in any locality.
• HB 40 Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; established, effective clause.
• HB 41 Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty.
• HB 42 Suicide; abolishes common-law crime.
• HB 43 Firearms; reporting when lost or stolen.
• HB 44 High school family life education curricula; law and meaning of consent.
• HB 45 Family life education curricula; personal privacy and personal boundaries.
• HB 46 Tuition, in-state; certain residents of United States territories.
• HB 47 Payday Lending Prohibition Act; penalties.
• HB 48 Charitable solicitations; registration statement.
• HB 49 Health benefit plans; sale by authorized foreign health insurers.
• HB 50 School meal policies; each local school board required to adopt policies.
• HB 51 Evidentiary hearings in the Supreme Court of Virginia; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.
• HB 52 Competency and sanity evaluations; location of evaluation.
• HB 53 Persons acquitted by reason of insanity; evaluation.
• HB 54 Renewable energy property; tax credit for property placed in service.
• HB 55 U.S. Route 501; increases max. speed limit between Town of South Boston & North Carolina state line.
• HB 56 Crab scraping; possession of hard crabs, characteristics of scrape.
• HB 57 Absentee voting; no excuse.
• HB 58 State agencies; use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on outdoor lighting fixtures.
• HB 59 Transportation, Department of; use of practical design methods.
• HB 60 Goochland County; members to Board of Directors of Goochland County Economic Development Authority.
• HB 61 Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements.
• HB 62 Libraries, local and regional; boards not mandatory in Caroline County.
• HB 63 Private security; compliance agent experience, surety bond.
• HB 64 Local regulation; making of fires.
• HB 65 Individuals released from incarceration for conviction of a felony; tax credits for employing.
• HB 66 Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees.
• HB 67 Virginia Human Rights Act; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, causes of action.
• HB 68 Firearms; libraries owned or operated by localities.
• HB 69 Virginia Grocery Investment Program and Fund; created, report.
• HB 70 Immunity of employers; employees and independent contractors convicted of a nonviolent offense.
• HB 71 Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for spouse of disabled veteran.
• HB 72 Statewide prioritization process project selection; cost of project to be considered.
• HB 73 Speed limits; maximum speed on certain highways.
• HB 74 Early voting; any registered voter allowed to vote early in any election in which he is qualified.
• HB 75 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
• HB 76 Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements, advertisements placed, etc.
• HB 77 Venue in criminal cases; concurrent jurisdiction, obsolete provisions.
• HB 78 Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; waiver of first-time licensing fees.
• HB 79 Dog boarding establishments; group play requirements, penalty.
• HB 80 Teacher licensure by reciprocity; third-party verification of application documents.
• HB 81 Division superintendents; vacancies appointment.
• HB 82 Workers' compensation; Uninsured Employer's Fund, financing tax.
• HB 83 Feminine hygiene products; no cost to female prisoners or inmates.
• HB 84 American Sign Language, instruction in; academic credit, foreign language requirements.
• HB 85 Virginia Grocery Investment Program and Fund; created, report.
• HB 86 Security freezes; elimination of fees.
• HB 87 Pro se minors; signing of pleading, motion, or other paper by next friend.
• HB 88 Marijuana field test; evidence at trial.
• HB 89 Conditional rezoning proffers; affordable dwelling units.
• HB 90 Teacher grievance procedures; hearing, three-member fact-finding panel.
• HB 91 Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.
• HB 92 Absentee voting; eligibility of certain caregivers.
• HB 93 Issuance of temporary license, permit, or special identification card; alien paroled into the U.S.
• HB 94 Dog boarding establishments; group play, penalty.
• HB 95 Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty.
• HB 96 Electric utility regulation; suspension of reviews of earnings, transitional rate period.
• HB 97 Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement, single or term contracts.
• HB 98 Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive negotiation for professional services.
• HB 99 Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.
• HB 100 Method of execution; lethal injection drugs.
• HB 101 Tradesmen; expiration date of licenses issued by Board for Contractors.
• HB 102 Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop licensees.
• HB 103 Interstate 95; VDOT to commence project to add additional lanes.
• HB 104 Writ of actual innocence; a person may petition based on biological evidence regardless of plea.
• HB 105 Criminal Justice Services, Department of; training standards, community engaged policing.
• HB 106 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; established.
• HB 107 Workers' compensation; disease presumptions, correctional officers.
• HB 108 Correctional officers; survey upon resignation, etc., report.
• HB 109 School divisions, certain; development of plan to fund and phase in full-day kindergarten.
• HB 110 Franchisees; status thereof and its employees as employees of the franchisor.
• HB 111 Health insurance; coverage of proton radiation therapy, report.
• HB 112 Summons; falsely signing, misdemeanor.
• HB 113 Grand larceny; increases threshold amount.
• HB 114 Golf carts and utility vehicles on public highways; equine events.
• HB 115 Reckless driving; penalty.
• HB 116 Distracted driving; authority of local government.
• HB 117 Workers' Compensation Commission; quorum.
• HB 118 Language development for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; assessment resources.
• HB 119 Merchants' capital tax; classification.
• HB 120 Unemployment compensation; wage offset.
• HB 121 Community schools; development of program to establish schools.
• HB 122 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, civil penalty.
• HB 123 Buchanan, Town of; amending charter, election of council member.
• HB 124 Real property tax; Bedford County authorized to conduct general reassessment.
• HB 125 Forest products, hauling; expands definition to include rough-sawn green lumber.
• HB 126 Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; status of parole-eligible inmates, report.
• HB 127 Construction fraud; penalty.
• HB 128 Court order; motion or petition for rule to show cause for violation.
• HB 129 Worker retraining tax credit; manufacturing instruction for students.
• HB 130 Chief Resiliency Officer; Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to designate.
• HB 131 Health insurance; coverage for alternative pain management prescription drugs.
• HB 132 Controlled substances containing opioids; limits on prescription.
• HB 133 Employees; exclusions for home healthcare workers and home adult day care service providers.
• HB 134 Value engineering; raises minimum project cost.
• HB 135 Dissemination of juvenile record information; emergency medical services agency applicants.
• HB 136 Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage special events licenses for museums.
• HB 137 Marijuana; possession or distribution for medical purposes.
• HB 138 Fornication; repeals crime.
• HB 139 Health insurance; physician reimbursements, credentialing.
• HB 140 Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks, penalty.
• HB 141 Police and court records; expungement of records, absolute pardon.
• HB 142 Police and court records; expungement of records, pardons.
• HB 143 Police and court records; expungement of records.
• HB 144 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; removal of name and information from Registry.
• HB 145 Search warrant for a tracking device; delivery of affidavit.
• HB 146 Va. National Guard, Va. Defense Force, etc.; employment protections.
• HB 147 FOIA; scholastic records, student handheld mobile telephone numbers, etc.
• HB 148 Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers, prescriptions for opioids.
• HB 149 Child support order payee; change in physical custody of child, orders involving DSS.
• HB 150 Child abuse and neglect; founded reports regarding former school employees.
• HB 151 Conservators of the peace, special; authority.
• HB 152 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts certain feminine hygiene products.
• HB 153 Revolutionary War cemeteries and graves; disbursement of appropriated sums to maintain.
• HB 154 Commonwealth's tax system; conformity with federal law, emergency.
• HB 155 Opioids; location of clinic for treatment of addiction in Henrico Cty., City of Newport News, etc.
• HB 156 Convicts as witnesses; limitation on impeachment evidence.
• HB 157 Right to Treat Act; requirement of Maintenance of Certification prohibited, etc.
• HB 158 House of Delegates and Senate districts; General Assembly authorized to make technical adjustments.
• HB 159 Family life education curricula; local school board to implement in grades kindergarten through 12.
• HB 160 Building code; mutual assistance.
• HB 161 Service districts; general government facilities may be constructed pursuant to power of districts.
• HB 162 Proceeds of a sale, a partition suit, or condemnation proceeding; persons under a disability, etc.
• HB 163 Conditional proffers; public facility capacity, previously approved residential developments.
• HB 164 Contractors, Board for; prerequisites to obtaining a building permit.
• HB 165 Higher educational institutions, public; loans to students, collection.
• HB 166 Court records; recording by microphotographic or electronic process.
• HB 167 Diploma seals; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
• HB 168 Class size limits; establishes maximum of 24 students in science laboratory classes in grades 6-12.
• HB 169 Lyme disease; information disclosure requirement, sunset.
• HB 170 Businesses; central filing of assumed or fictitious name, etc.
• HB 171 Voter registration; extended time for new United States citizens to register.
• HB 172 Gun safes; establishes an exemption from retail sales tax.
• HB 173 Grand larceny and certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc., to $500.
• HB 174 Communication with individuals with certain disabilities; Dept. of CJS to establish protocol.
• HB 175 Hospital licenses, certain; effective date.
• HB 176 Students with disabilities; feasibility of educational placement transition of certain students.
• HB 177 Distracted driving; handheld personal communications devices, driving with an animal.
• HB 178 Virginia Fair Housing Law; exemptions.
• HB 179 Public facilities; bonds issued for construction, municipal authority to retain certain tax revenue.
• HB 180 Distracted driving; penalty.
• HB 181 Improper driving; use of handheld communication device while driving vehicle.
• HB 182 Coal combustion residuals unit; closure by 2022.
• HB 183 Income tax return; notification of data breach, taxpayer identity information.
• HB 184 Drug Control Act; dispensing drugs without a prescription.
• HB 185 Health insurance; coverage for limited drug refills.
• HB 186 Absentee voting; persons age 65 or older.
• HB 187 Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification registration.
• HB 188 Sentence reduction; substantial assistance to prosecution.
• HB 189 Firearms; use or display during commission of a felony, killing or injuring police animals.
• HB 190 Real property tax; boards of equalization.
• HB 191 Voter identification; accepted forms of identification.
• HB 192 Rainwater and gray water; regulations.
• HB 193 Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid match preference for Virginia businesses.
• HB 194 Campaign finance; disclosure of all contributors.
• HB 195 Alexandria, City of; amending charter, tree planting and replacement.
• HB 196 Child abuse or neglect; extension of hearings to review findings by local depts. of social services.
• HB 197 Prescription monitoring program; definitions, requirement for filling prescriptions.
• HB 198 Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties.
• HB 199 Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety, and Media Literacy Advisory Council; established.

Resolution Presented ... report | csv file

• HJ 128 Celebrating the life of John Robert Brady.